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Australiavs Pakistan

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Pakistan (#14) holds a narrow edge over Australia (#17).

  • Pakistan has nuclear weapons; Australia has none.
  • Australia has destroyers; Pakistan has none.
  • Pakistan fields 58× as many tanks.
  1. People and moneyPakistan leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesPakistan leads 5 of 5
  3. Air powerPakistan leads 6 of 7
  4. Naval forcesPakistan leads 4 of 7
  5. Nuclear weaponsPakistan leads 1 of 2

Leads count raw numbers in each category. Larger is not always stronger: a modern fleet can beat a bigger, older one.

People and money

Who can be put in uniform, and how much is spent keeping them there.

$35.3B
Military spending
$11.9B
59K
Active personnel
660K
33K
Reserves
550K
0
Paramilitary
500K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Australia: 1.9% of GDP; Pakistan: 2.9% of GDP).

Land forces

Armour and artillery: the weight an army can put on the ground.

46
Tanks
2,677
17K
Armored vehicles
59K
0
Self-propelled artillery
662
48
Towed artillery
2,629
8
Rocket artillery
652

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

348
Total aircraft
1,397
24
Fighters
331
71
Attack aircraft
90
72
Helicopters
379
22
Attack helicopters
55
6
Tankers
4
37
Transports
63

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

45
Total fleet
120
0
Aircraft carriers
0
2
Helicopter carriers
0
6
Submarines
8
3
Destroyers
0
7
Frigates
9
0
Corvettes
6

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
170
0
Deployed warheads
0

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Profiles: Australia and Pakistan. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.